TOPIC INDEXChristian History (7)

  1. What is Theosis?

    book
    05/01/23
    12 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?

  2. Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

    book
    12/14/22
    12 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.

  3. Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    book
    02/04/22
    13 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    An immense amount of ink has been spilled contesting and interpreting Bonhoeffer's significance as a figure of Christian history and a theologian of the church.

  4. The Trinity and the Gospel

    book
    07/09/21
    13 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    What Luther is doing in his Catechism is teaching how the gospel is an action of the whole Trinity, not just one of the persons.

  5. I Believe in God the Father Almighty

    book
    05/05/21
    1 min
    By Kelsi Klembara Caleb Keith John W. Hoyum
    Caleb is joined by John Hoyum and Kelsi Klembara to talk about Luther’s explanation of the first article of the Apostles Creed.

  6. What Does this Mean: Union with Christ

    book
    10/07/19
    13 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Christ’s indwelling in the Christian must be tied relentlessly to these external and objective events of God’s own action.

  7. Church Membership and the Gospel

    book
    04/11/19
    12 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Being a member of a church connects people to the whole reason the church has for existing: that we might obtain justifying faith in Jesus Christ through Word and Sacrament.